Datacolor SpyderX Elite Review
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Here's my review of the new Datacolor SpyderX Elite monitor calibration system. I've been calibrating my monitors, teaching color management classes and running professional printing workshops since about 2003 and will say that Datacolor's new SpyderX system is excellent.
In this review, I show:
- How to calibrate your monitor
- How to setup the software
- Using the SpiderX Utility
- Calibrating multiple monitors
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Thanks for this clear review and demo. I’ve been wanting to calibrate my iMac 27 Retina and you’ve convinced me. Just ordered the SpyderX Pro from Amazon.
I like how this came across as an objective review. Some others obviously have a bias because they were paid to make their reviews.
You gotta tell it like it is!
Love the Spider, I think I started with the Spider 2. It gives a much more pleasant color/brightness/contrast feeling when working a long time every day. Also I have 3 monitors from different companies and they are all different but with the calibration they look alike but not completely the same as it caused by the limitation of each monitor (as mentioned in the video). The best is it works on Linux as well (not Datacolors own software but I use DisplayCAL and it's just as good as the Datacolor software)
Cool. I didn't know it worked in the Linux environment. Thanks for the info.
Do I really need the Elite? I'm thinking the Pro may work just as well for my purposes. I just purchased two 4k monitors and want consistency to my print house.
Hi Mike You mentioned that you need to calibrate the monitor with the Spyder x elite in the room you are going to edit. My question is I go on workshops and edit my images in various places. I use a MacBook Pro. It is the computer that I do all my editing on. How do I work with making sure my monitor is calibrated properly? I appreciate this review and just subscribed.
What is the difference between Spyder5 Elite and SpyderX Elite?
Yes! please tell us!
@@justinflownow There will be some noticeable differences between the spyder 5 and the spyder X. The spyder X is overall a faster meter. So when taking measurements especially on darker tones the new meter will be much faster. The accuracy will be a tad bit better. But the biggest difference is in the sealed lens in the sypder X. The older 5 did not have a sealed lens and over time ie a few years the spyder 5 will tend to drift and loose accuracy. The new X has a sealed lens that is less apt to drift substantially over the same period of time.
I have a MacBook Pro laptop, which comes with 4 Thunderbolt 3 conncections.. I use a hub to connect USB type devices. I see that we are suppose to plug DIRECTLY into the computer and NOT use a hub. IF I purchase a SpyderX Elite, how do I handle that? Will it provide an inferior reading if I use a hub? Thanks..
I'm intrigued if this will be better than my current calibrator, the i1Display Pro from X-Rite. One thing I noticed is that the hardware on this looks much more cheaply made/designed than the X-Rite one; it doesn't even cling easily to a vertical monitor. Or maybe it's much better in real life than on review video.
What if I can’t come within 4% of target brightness? Mine jumps from 179 to 212.
Hello, the cheap Pro versione (which downgrades also software), allow to teak room light and target brightness? Thank You.
Can you upgrade the software from Pro to Elite in the future if needed?
What was selectred in imacs own color profile(Systems preferences /Display /Color /Display profile) before or after calibration? Does imac own color profiles have any effect on screen after calibrating by spyderx?
Difference between SpyderX Elite and SpyderX Pro?
Yes!!! What IS the difference! Please make a comment or do another quick video. I'd especially like to know if the PRO model (not the ELITE) will do multiple monitors
Does the SpyderX Pro do multiple monitors as well? I have a laptop and a drawing monitor that are in need of calibration.
Yes. Please answer this question.
@@justinflownow Yes, it will recognize multiple monitors and the calibration window will jump from one to the other. There is no matching though, that is an elite only feature.
Yes, it works with multiple monitors. I have a two-monitor setup on my computer and it does just fine.
I have the previous model with the elite software package. Will I be able to use the elite software with the newer hardware? I hope I don’t have to pay again for the elite version.
James - that's a good question. I don't have the answer. Their help desk should be able to answer your question quickly.
I use a desktop and a Laptop half time and half time after I finished calibrating both can I switch and plug in and plug out every time I use the my two different computers?? Thanks for the info!!!
Yes, you should be able to calibrate your separate systems as necessary.
Mike u tried this with TVs yet
The spyder X would be a good tool to use on TV's or projectors with say DisplayCal if using ICC profiles or HCFR for units not connected to a pc.
Not yet. I need to do a review with the TV and with projectors.
I've had the Spyder 5 Pro for about 3 years. Each time I use it it makes my monitor color look really yellow unless I use it with DisplayCal, then its perfect.
I just purchased the $2,000 BenQ sw321C a few days ago and used the Datacolor Spyder5 pro colorimeter and the results are the same. Yellow cast all over screen. Im fed up.. just bought X1 Display Pro. Hopefully I get better results.
I have same results with my elite 4 and that's occured only when i chose to calibrate white point on led displays same issue with elite 3. Bought v4 because they mentioned led displays but no luck and no more datacolor for me after that. They don't care.
hows the xrite pro compared to spyder elite? whats your take now?
You dont seem to know what a review is. This is a tutorial.
This is more like an official device setup than a review! Money is important. However, please learn more before you come out and pretend you know how to review a monitor calibrator!
Complete rip off product that survives due to ignorance is bliss. When I hear him say "My monitor is calibrated" after ONE thing - a brightness check. Video calibration is real stuff and toys like this really do damage to it. What people don't know they are missing is all of the actual important calibrations. There is a reason Sencore calibration tools were so expensive - when you see that nice triangle showing your monitors color range - Sencore steps in and continues with color calibration - the exact thing I thought I was getting with Spyder. Sencore will show you the color accurate triangle, it will show you your triangle, how your RGB is off, and then you slowly adjust each color to move it into the accurate location. That is calibrated to a standard. Spyder is like those cheap DVDs you'd buy that came with the little translucent colored plastic strip you would have to hold over your eye and adjust till one box blended into another box - the whole POINT of a calibration tool is that the tool is supposed to now do that. Spyder threw me a blue box on both my monitors that looked miles apart after the one dinky brightness setting - and then wanted ME to drag RGBP and Gamma sliders around till "I think" the colors match. One - I couldn't do it - no setting on any slider got me remotely near common colors - and Two - it's supposed to tell ME if I need to raise or lower a color, why is it asking ME? If you have the Sencore you realize there is a whole nother world of calibration - the Sencore will tell you exactly what to do with each color - and will go well beyond primary colors if the technicians menu of the display gives you access. I can't begin to convey how little the Spyder really does but I can try with an audio analogy as usually people big into video appreciate audio as well. Spyder is like a surround system with an equalizer that only adjusts 4 frequencies - and with 4 frequency adjustments you simply won't be able to correct some things. At a minimum you'd expect 8 - and Sencore would be like an EQ with 64 adjustments, an entire mixer board. I will be returning it (I just got it today so my review is fresh) but after using it I can say at $260 it did no better than I could do with the old $15 calibration DVD and plastic strip - the mere fact that a tool that is supposed to be calibrating to "some standard" is asking me to eyeball it feels ... I dunno insulting from a calibration device.
Hi Mike - What did you mean by "simulate mobile devices"? Does that mean I can match one of my monitors to my phone screen color? Thanks!
Hello! What target gamma calibration should I aim for monitors in a permanently and completely blacked out room? Accuracy is of the utmost importance!
Thank you so much for your help uwu
Hey thanks for your great video. Just a little correction. the Studio Calibration tool is for matching multiple monitors on one computer ;-). I understand that this was maybe not clear in the early state when you got the SpyderX. Just an info from my side what i found out. Thanks again Mike
What is the difference between Spyder5 Elite and SpyderX Elite?. I have Spyder5 Elite. Is it worth upgrading Spyder5 Elite to SpyderX Elite?
There are quite a few differences, but the biggest is the new Datacolor lens-based calibration system. They are claiming much-improved color accuracy.
@@MikeHagen Thanks.
@@sunilkale7178 Hey there. There will be some noticeable differences between the spyder 5 and the spyder X. The spyder X is overall a faster meter. So when taking measurements especially on darker tones the new meter will be much faster. The accuracy will be a tad bit better. But the biggest difference is in the sealed lens in the sypder X. The older 5 did not have a sealed lens and over time ie a few years the spyder 5 will tend to drift and loose accuracy. The new X has a sealed lens that is less apt to drift substantially over the same period of time.
Have you tested this software on an iMac 5K Retina display? Thanks for your answer
Thanks for this review! Great timing as I'm thinking "I need a calibrator." I think you pretty much covered all the questions I would have in considering this product. Well done!
Cool. Glad it helped. Let me know if you need anything.
Is this device can calibrate LG TV? for iSF setup?
Great review and very helpful. I'm installing my new SpyderX Pro today so great timing!
Hi there, will this work calibrating a wacom cintiq pro?
Very usefull review. Thank you.
Hello Mike, Does it allows me to calibrate a few PC monitors; as one PC monitor in my office and another PC monitor in my home office?
Thanks!
Clear and thorough presentation.! Thank you!
The Spyder X Elite is only worth buying if you have a front digital projector otherwise you only need the pro purchase. Its the software that makes the difference not the Spyder itself. The pro version is not compatible with a projector only the elite version which is the actual software that comes with it. I for one have a front projector made by JVC and you can use their auto cal software with the pro and can get a lot closer to achieving a better result with it. The JVC's auto cal software for projectors is way better but a lot more complex.Friends of mine have used the older spyder 5 express with the JVC software and have got fantastic results with front projectors.
What about the soft proofing feature? is there no point? i'm trying to get a calibrator for colour accuracy so that if i print i'm seeing the colours that will come out , but then they say on their website the elite is the only version with SoftProof, i thought all calibrators will calibrate you display for colour accuracy or am i misunderstanding what SoftProof is?
No every spider elite had option for projectors, don't be fooled by that statement. I will not use datacolor anymore as very bad customer service. My patiente tested with Spider elite 3, Elite studio 4 and no more.
Frustrating, where is the serial number - hope not in the box I threw away a month ago...
Send them a mail. They'll send it to you. Yes, it's annoying.
Yes, I think you're going to have to write them an email.
So helpful, thanks so much!
You're welcome Bert!